Pope Benedict I

Pope Benedict I (520-20 July 579) was Pope from 575 to 579, succeeding Pope John III and preceding Pope Pelagius II.

Biography
Pope Benedict was born in 520 AD to Bonifacius. He was elected as pope in 575 AD after an eleven-month interregnum following Pope John III's death, as the Lombards disrupted communications between the See of Rome and the Byzantine Empire, and the news of his imperial confirmation arrived late. His reign was obscure, and he died after four years.